European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 24, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 soviets urging dissidents to leave Moscow a the soviet Union is suddenly encouraging even pressing dissidents to leave the coun try in Advance of two major dates approaching on the political Calendar. The first is the 35-nation Belgrade conference next month where Western delegations Are expected to accuse Moscow of not living up to the 1975 Helsinki human rights agreements. The other is the 60th anniversary nov. 7 of the bolshevik revolution a Date Al ready billed in a Blaze of Advance publicity As a great Milestone of soviet National Unity. In the past several months some 15 leading figures in the soviet dissident movement have received per Mission to leave the country in what seems to be a Pat Tern of encouraging dissidents to get out. Nonconformist artists and other intellectuals Are also getting exit visas in addition to hard Core political dissidents. You had better go now because the door will be Clos ing soon one dissident said he was told by a Kab Security police official. Just before nov. 7 we Are going to Seal this country up and you May not get out for a  one of the departing dissidents Moscow computer scientist Valentin Turchin applied to leave the soviet Union temporarily but was told aug. 30 he should leave permanently instead. Turchin founder of the unofficial soviet Branch of amnesty International will be leaving within a few weeks to accept a teaching position at co Lumbia University in new York. Dissident sources stress that Many people have still not received permission to emigrate. These include most of Moscow s leading jewish refuseniks some400 people who have been waiting up to seven years for exit visas and reportedly thousands of other soviet throughout the country. But one barometer of departing soviets the number of israeli Entrance visas issued by the israeli interests Section in the dutch embassy Here shows a distinct in crease in the past several months. Officials will not Issue exact figures  an interview soviet dissident Leader Andrei d. Sakharov declared that of course there is a link som thought out policy behind the sudden availability of exit visas to some soviet dissidents. The soviets who clearly have their Eye on the Belgrade conference have called for it to be constructive rather than a Tribu Nal for accusations. The supreme soviet the soviet parliament will open simultaneously with the Belgrade conference oct. 4 and Many observers expect the parliament to make another move to placate critics of soviet policies. The Parlia ment is expected to follow its 50th anniversary Prece Dent of declaring an amnesty for Many soviet prisoners and the ruling could affect some imprisoned dissenters. There is no proof that current kind gestures toward dissidents represent a Long term soviet policy of moderation. In a rare Public speech sept. 9, Kab chief Yuri v. Andropov lumped dissidents into the same category a common criminals. Both Are inflicting harm on our society and that i Why they should Bear punishment in Complete Accord Ance with a he demands of soviet Law said Andropov who is a member of the communist party s ruling 15 member  sounded relatively optimistic about the dissidents problem asserting that the number of such people is becoming less and  the number of dissident events and press statements in Moscow has indeed gone Down in recent months but dissidents attribute this mainly to emigration and arrests rather than change in their beliefs. They also say Andropov s lengthy references to dissident matters in his speech indicates the Kab is still keeping a close watch on the dissident movement an fears it could cause More trouble in the future particularly if it picks up More support from Ordinary work ers. Still in jail awaiting trial after seizure by police this year Are leading dissidents from several parts of the soviet Union. They include Moscow jewish activist Anatoly Shucha Ransky seized March 15 Helsinki conference human rights committee chairman Yuri Orlov feb. 10 and Alexander Ginzburg a close Friend of Alexander Solzhenitsyn feb. 3. A ukrainian court sept. 15 upheld the 10-year and eight year prison sentences of ukrainian civil rights activists Oleska Rikhy and Mykola Rudenko. Two other members of their group Are awaiting trial along with dissenters in Georgia and the Baltic republics. The soviets main concern now appears to get Lead ing vocal dissidents either out of the country or out of circulation within the soviet Union through jail or internal exile to Remote areas. Those who want to leave can  a passport offi Cial reportedly told one dissident recently. Those who want to sit in jail can do so. But you can t continue run Ning around the Way you Are engaging in Active dissident activity dissidents recently permitted to leave include English language translator Ilya Levin and writer David Darr among the most vocal dissidents in Leningrad and Valery Shchukin another English speaker who publicized the dissident cause in Minsk  Moscow jewish scientists Mark Azbel and Benja min Fain received exit permits in june. They had gained publicity for the dissident cause by organizing seminars for dissident scientists with foreign scientist who came to Moscow to meet them. Grigory Chudnovsky a Young ukrainian mathematician suffering from a serious nerve and muscle Dis ease was let go in August after his family rallied substantial International support. The period of the Belgrade conference and the Bol Shevik revolution anniversary celebrations will not end until Early next year and diplomats expect the so Viets to continue their Effort to keep dissidents quiet in one Way or another until then. After that observers be Lieve the trials of imprisoned dissidents could begin. Art Buchwald Washington the worst part of the Bert Lance hearings As far As i was concerned had to do with the overdrafts of his wife himself and their relatives at the Cal Houn National Bank. Whether Lance was innocent or guilty of any of the allegations made against him he has admitted that he and his family dealt heavily in overdrafts and wrote checks for which there were no funds at the moment to cover them. President Carter in defending his Good Friend said he did t see anything wrong i overdrafts and Many people do it. The Point then is if the president of the . Does t see anything wrong in them and Lance obviously does to How can the aver column Sand comments age husband this is a male chauvinist column if anyone is interested expect his wife not to engage in the same practice just the other Day we got a notice from the Bank informing my wife that she had written $450 in checks for which there was no Money in the account to cover them. I asked her about it. Of she said sweetly having watched the hearings for three Days that was just an  you May Call it an overdraft but some people might say you be been writing bum  i Don t see Why the Bank is so excited. Labelle Lance had overdrafts of Over $140, 000 and no one bothered  " Labelle s husband was president of the Bank. She was entitled to write checks stamped insufficient funds but our Bank gets very angry when we do  i Don t see Why our Bank should get angry about a $450 overdraft when Bert Lance s Bank found them perfectly re  because i said if you paid close at Tention during the hearings Lance said every Bank treats overdrafts in a different manner. Some Banks hate them and other Banks encourage them. Our Bank likes to keep its books  Well then i think we ought to move our account to the Calhoun National Bank. If they like overdrafts then i m a perfect  it won t do any Good because the Cal Houn National Bank has agreed with the comptroller s office that they won t permit overdrafts any  Why not my wife wanted to know. Because it s a bad banking practice. If you permit people to write out checks for Money they Don t have it screws up the computers. They Don t know where they re  i think that s terribly unfair. It seems to me a Bank should pay on the checks you write whether there is Money in your account or not. After All Well cover them one Way or another. Won t we possibly. But the Point is that if All americans started writing checks with in sufficient funds it would make people very Sloppy about their finances Ana could turn us into a nation of Check  Bert Lance does t feel that Way and he was a banker. I la bet he never yelled at his wife when he got her statement from the Calhoun National  we Don to know that. He could have been very angry with her for having a $ 140, 000 overdraft. I know if it were me i d be furious with , i think he s a wonderful Man and i la bet he never said a word to her. If Shehad to write a Check for $140,000 and she did t have the Money in the Bank she must have had a very Good  what on Earth would she have to write bum$140,000 Check for i asked. You obviously Haven t been to Bloomingdale s  c 1977, los Angeles times letters to the editor attack on Carter called insulting the opinions recently expressed by a sergeant concerning our political leaders and system of government was an insult tothe readers. Granted i did not vote for president Carter but he is the president and he is the Choice of the  Young May be outspoken at times but it goes Back to the old Rule that governs professional officers and cos support and sustain your Lead  the sergeant s biased attack is without foundation and it to use his words Bor Ders on the  i am no Flag waving Patriot but i thank god for our system of government and the Wisdom to realize that our leaders Are in difficult positions of responsibility and Are performing their tasks to the Best of their ability. For an individual to make unsubstantiated attacks upon them does not make Equality urged in reference to the letter regarding the Lack of punishment for the female Sailor who god forbid took her shoes off. What about the male Sailor who was standing to the left of the female in ques Tion instead of standing in a proper Parade rest position he was standing very casually on one leg. Why has no mention been made of his mistake if you re going to Point out Petty wrong doings then do so All the Way around. If you re such a believer in equal Opportunity then Why not also worry about the faults of your male counterparts Stephanie c. Waszczak Lakenheath England their Job any easier nor does it relied favourably upon those who Call themselves professional  Fobbs Kaiserslautern Germany the and to peso a european edition col. Bill e. Spangler Usa. Editor in chief it. Col. J. C. Taylor Usan. Deputy editor in Chirt Mert Proctor. Managing editor Elazaer d. Frank. Production manager Henry s. 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